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Yogi Joseph1, Govind Gopakumar1
1Concordia University, Canada.
This study redefines publicness in public transit, moving beyond static or spontaneous views. It proposes a dynamic, co-constituted understanding of publicness shaped by the transit experience itself.
Area of Science:
- Urban Studies
- Sociology
- Transportation Geography
Background:
- Current understanding of public transit publicness is limited.
- Existing views are either static (political economy) or spontaneous (micro-sociality).
Purpose of the Study:
- To articulate a dynamic, co-constituted notion of publicness in public transit.
- To bridge the gap between micro- and macropolitics in transit research.
Main Methods:
- Mobile ethnography utilizing situated observation and interviews.
- Research conducted on buses in Bengaluru, India.
Main Results:
- Publicness is not static or solely spontaneous but dynamically co-constituted.
- The process of transiting is central to constituting publicness.
Conclusions:
- Publicness is a contingent entity shaped by the ongoing process of transit.
- This dynamic perspective offers a more nuanced understanding of public transit spaces.
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